Chukat (Israel): The death of a Tzaddik
Israel's first Chief Rabbi: In what way does the death of tzaddikim atone for the people?
Israel's first Chief Rabbi: In what way does the death of tzaddikim atone for the people?
Iyar 28, this past Friday, is the date Rabbi Kook arrived in the Land of Israel. Jerusalem was liberated 63 years later on that very date.
'One day I noticed that the Rav had raised his eyes from the Torah text he was studying..I dashed to the Rav to request a blessing...."
Rav Kook was subject to intense British pressure to grant the Arabs ownership of the Kotel in exchange for the right to pray there. Then...